Permanent NSW Wanding Laws Give Police More Power to Harass Members of the Public
The Minns government last week made permanent 2024-enacted temporary wanding laws, which empower New South Wales police officers to randomly approach anyone in a declared zone to run a handheld metal detector over the outside of their clothing. And this...
The NSW Offence of Possess Equipment to Produce Identification Information
New South Wales Police Financial Crimes Squad detectives charged two men with four counts each of possess equipment to produce identification information on Tuesday, 13 October 2026, following Strike Force Dawport being established in April 2026, to investigate a rise...
The Digital Duty of Care: Albanese’s Sweeping Future Risk Online Content Control Regime
The Albanese government’s Digital Duty of Care proposal now before federal parliament is said to be about protecting average Australians from online harms - think, child pornography or the incitement to acts of terrorism. And the proposed regime is a...
Greens Seek to Prohibit NSW Police from Using Sniffer Dogs in Public Places
New South Wales Greens MLC Cate Faehrmann just tabled a bill to end the scourge that is the warrantless use of drug detection dogs in public places by NSW police. These laws come at a time when the dogs have...
Australia’s Top Cop’s Priorities: AI Policing, Foreign Interferers and the Dural Caravan Hoaxer
AFP commissioner Krissy Barrett last week gave multiple interviews to mainstream media outlets to mark her one-year anniversary and raise key priorities for the law enforcement agency. The top cop is continuing to prioritise the capture of the mastermind behind...
Two Men Charged with Sexually Assaulting Three Women Over 7 Years
The New South Wales Police Force reports that a second man has been charged over allegations of sexually abusing three women on the Central Coast over a seven-year period. Detectives attached to Tuggerah Lakes Police District established Strike Force Zetter...
The Offence of Conspiracy to Murder in New South Wales
Detectives from New South Wales Police Taskforce Falcon have arrested and charged a woman over conspiracy to murder, in relation to a 2025 plot to kill a prominent western Sydney organised crime figure. The alleged plan was foiled after a...
Major Parties Vow to Continue Strip-Searching Kids and Shackling Imprisoned Women Giving Birth
The Albanese Labor government and the Coalition are set to vote down a bill that would end shackling women prisoners giving birth on Thursday, 15 October 2026. The decision to maintain this medieval practice is based on the recommendation of...
“Bad Faith Lawmaking” in the NT: Justice Not Jails on the CLP Crackdown on Indigenous Youth
Since taking power in the Northern Territory in August 2024, the Country Liberal Finocchiaro government has been progressing a law-and-order drive, with a focus on youth crime. And this drive, which started at apace, has only been accelerating. And to...
Three Years Too Long: Sydney Marks Grim Anniversary of Ongoing Gaza Genocide
Thousands gathered on Gadigal land in Sydney’s Hyde Park North on Sunday, 11 October 2026, to mark three years of the continuing genocide in Gaza. Those present collectively agreed with Greens Senator Dr Mehreen Faruqi’s sentiment when she said she’s...
